Bible: Gen 17:1-8

The Sign of the Covenant

17:1WhenAbramwas 99yearsold,1the Lordappearedtohimand said,2 “Iam the sovereignGod.3Walk4beforeme5 and beblameless.617:2Then I will confirmmy covenant7betweenme and you, and I will giveyou a multitudeof descendants.”8

17:3Abrambowed downwithhis faceto the ground,9and Godsaidto him,1017:4“As for me,11this12 ismy covenantwithyou: You will bethe fatherof a multitudeof nations.17:5Nolongerwill your namebe13 Abram. Instead, your namewill beAbraham14becauseI will makeyou15 the fatherof a multitudeof nations.17:6I will make you16 extremely17fruitful. I will makenationsof you, and kingswill descendfromyou.1817:7Iwill confirm19my covenantas a perpetual20covenantbetweenme and you. It will extend to your descendantsafteryou throughout their generations. I will beyour God and the Godof your descendantsafteryou.2117:8I will givethe wholelandof Canaan– the landwhere you are now residing22 – to you and your descendantsafteryou as a permanent23possession. I will betheir God.”